Joseph Addison - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

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Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

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mirth flash lightning breaks gloom clouds glitters moment cheerfulness kind daylight mind fills steady perpetual serenity

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